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Reddit On The Rise While The Decline Of Digg Continues

The Social News battle between Reddit.com and Digg.com is nearly over – with a clear winner prevailing. A recent post from AdamSherk.com, studied traffic from 12 major magazines and web-only destinations from both Digg and Reddit.

The results? Reddit referrals rose 360% from 2009 to 2011 while Digg traffic dropped to 4.6 million in 2011 – just 14% of the referrals the site was sending 2 years ago.

One the other hand, Reddit has always listened to their audience focusing in on their requirements and needs. Instead of overloading the site with ads or promotions, Reddit has strove to be independent from parent corporations. Reddit also helped to cultivate niche groups with subreddits, small communities catered to specific topics.

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About The Author

Greg Finn is the Director of Marketing for Cypress North, a company that provides world-class social media and search marketing services and web & application development. He has been in the Internet marketing industry for 10+ years and specializes in Digital Marketing. You can also find Greg on Twitter (@gregfinn) or LinkedIn.